breaking overnight. colombia reverses course, agreeing to accept deportation

flights from the u.s. after a tariff threat from president trump. we're live with the end of the standoff, as the administration steps up its immigration crackdown. the gaza cease-fire still stands, overcoming the first major crisis of the deal. israel clears the way for palestinians to return to northern gaza, while an israeli civilian hostage will be released. inside the tense negotiations. stories of survival and pleas for peace. world leaders and survivors mark 80 years sit the liberation of auschwitz. we're live with the solemn anniversary. from devastating fires to a flood threat. a major rainstorm sweeps across southern california, raising the risk of mudslides. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking it all for us. and super bowl 59 is set. the chiefs on the verge of history, with the eagles seeking revenge for their loss two years ago. it's monday, january 27.

"early today" starts right now. glad you're with me. good morning. i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news. the united states and colombia have been pulled back from the brink of a trade war. tensions escalated after colombia denied entry to deportation flights arriving from the united states. it led to threats of sanctions and tariffs from both sides. now the white house says colombia has agreed to all of president trump's deportation terms. alice barr joins me now from d.c. good morning. how did the standoff begin? >> reporter: colombia's president took issue with the use of u.s. military planes, saying a migrant is not a criminal and should be treated with the dignity a human being deserves. that led president trump to threaten tariffs and visa restrictions on colombian officials. colombia then threatened to retaliate with tariffs of its own. now the white house says colombia has agreed to all of its terms, including accepting

military flights. saying the tariffs will be held in reserve and not signed unless colombia fails to honor this agreement. for its part, colombia says it will guarantee deportees dignified conditions. meanwhile, immigration enforcement is ramping up nationwide. in the latest update from i.c.e., 956 arrests were made yesterday. the largest single-day number of the new administration. the "washington post" citing four people with knowledge of i.c.e. briefings reported that quotas have been set of at least 1200 arrests per day. nbc's gabe gutierrez asked president trump's border czar about that reporting. >> we want to get as my criminals as possible. so there's no number on it. they're to look for every public safety threat they can find. i think this office had several hundred on the list for today.

so we'll see how it comeout. but i don't put a number on it t arrest as many public safety threats as you can. >> reporter: so you're saying, no quota, according to you. >> i don't have a quota. my instruction to them, arrest as many as you can. >> reporter: an interview with tom homan happened while he was overseeing a major operation in chicago with the goal of detaining suspected gang members and previously-convied criminals. similar operations were carried out in colorado, california, new york and other states. frances? >> alice barr for us, thank you. the first major cease-fire, the crisis of the cease-fire between israel and hamas easing up. qatar announced an agreement has been reached to release israel hostage arbel yehud. president trump suggested egypt and jordan could be among the countries to accept more refugees, adding palestinians

should leave the gaza strip to, quote, just clean out that whole thing. joining me now is claudio lavanga. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. that's right. over the weekend, israel accused hamas of violating the terms of the cease-fire agreement after arbel yehud, an israeli civilian was not released last saturday. as a result, thousands of palestinians were stopped from returning back to their homes or whatever is left of it. now early this morning, hamas issued a statement saying arbel will finally be released before friday alongside two other hostages, in addition to three hostages who will be freed on saturday as part of the original cease-fire agreement. and in return, israel will allow the palestinians to return to the north of the enclave. as you mentioned, president trump has sent shockwaves across the world with his proposal of

resettling up to 1.5 million palestinians. that's almost all the population of gaza to other countries like egypt or jordan in order to, and i quote, clean out the enclave. now the proposal caused outrage in israel, in jordan, in egypt and among the palestinians who reject the proposal for fear that the palestinians may not be allowed to return home ever again. frances? >> claudio lavanga, thank you. elon musk facing new criticism after a virtual appearance at a campaign event for a far-right candidate in germany. it's the latest push into politics. >> i'm very excited for the ifd. >> reporter: growing criticism over a virtual appearance by elon musk. musk beaming into a campaign event this weekend for germany's

far-right party known as the afd. but it's this apparent reference to nazi germany's history that is drawing attention. >> i think there's, like, frankly, too much of a focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that. people, you know, children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents. >> reporter: his comments quick to receive backlash. the chair of israel's memorial to holocaust victims calling it an insult to the victims of naziism and a danger to the future of germany. the remarks coming less than a week after musk posted a series of nazi-related puns over response to this gesture he made at an inauguration event which some have interpreted as a nazi salute. one outlet called out his series of nazi jokes, saying they only serve to minimize the evil and

inhumanity of nazi crimes. musk describing what he did as moving his hand from his heart to the audience. nbc news reached out to the white house for comment but did not hear back. musk, who has already played a key role in president trump's administration has appeared to support and endorse far-right parties across europe, like germany's afd. in 2017, the afd adopted a 2017 election manifesto, which included a section on why islam does not belong to germany. musk has also spoken out in support of the uk's reform party, which helped initiate the brexit campaign. and said this about italy's far-right prime minister. >> giorgia meloni is someone i admire. >> reporter: meanwhile, steve bannon has chided musk over his criticism of an a.i. tech announcement at the white house in support of visas for high-skilled foreign workers. president trump reiterated that musk will have an office in the

white house complex, leading doge, that unit intended to cut government costs, which would indicate that at least for now elon musk isn't going anywhere. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ today is holocaust remembrance day, 80 years after the liberation of auschwitz by the red army. over a million jews were murdered in the extermination camp during world war ii. today dignitaries from all over the world will gather at the site to pay their respects. let's turn to jay gray. a lot of reflection there on this solemn morning. >> reporter: yeah, frances, good morning. and as you talked about, it's going to be very solemn, very somber. dignitaries, including king charles here, the french president macron. a delegation led by steven

mnuchin, the secretary of the treasury. but none will step to the podium, it's an honor reserved only for the survivors here. >> there were over a million jewish people killed in auschwitz alone. so this is kind of a sacred ground, the biggest burial of jews in the world. >> reporter: michael bournstein somehow escaped the camp. now 80 years later, bournestein returns by choice. >> it's important to show the world the bigotry and hatred that went on in auschwitz. >> reporter: around 50 survivors have gathered here eight decades after their liberation. >> telling their story. and it's a way that people never forget what happened. and a few years, there will be no survivors. >> reporter: as their voices begin to fade, the work inside

this restricted area of the camp where cameras are rarely allowed becomes even more crucial. conservationists and scientists inside this high-tech lab preserving the history here. thousands of items cataloged, stored in climate-controlled rooms, still with all of this work. >> tradition is extremely, extremely important to me. >> reporter: and, with the words of survivors, the story of auschwitz will never really be complete. >> because there is this darkness that will never be told, because most of the people who are departed to auschwitz did not survive this place. they were murdered. most of them never became prisoners of the concentration camp, they were murdered immediately after arriving. >> reporter: this place, a memorial and museum, dedicated to their memory. yeah, and it's another reason survivors return. mr. bornstein saying he is here to offer jewish prayers for the lost, including his brother and

father who died here. >> so many lessons to be learned fromhere, thank you, jay. in los angeles, rain is threatening to bring floods and mudslides in areas already hit hard by wildfires. while the rains are expected to put out what remain of any flames, firefighters have now pivoted to fighting slides. they're also worried about toxic chemicals in the debris that could flow into nearby waterways. we're joined by michelle grossman. good morning, michelle. how's today looking? >> we're going to see that rain continuing to fall this morning and into the afternoon and then sliding to the east as we head towards the later part of monday into tuesday into arizona. but the heavy rainfall is falling right now where you see the brightest returns. that's where the heaviest rain is falling. we're going to see drier weather returning as early as tomorrow then for a good portion of this

week before we could see more rain over the weekend. the heaviest rain falling near bakersfield, los angeles, also seeing that mountain snow falling. that's helpful for the snowpack. here's that area of low pressure. it will slide to arizona later today. really breezy. winds up to 40 miles per hour in some spots. that's going to increase fire danger in arizona and philadelp. 53 in d.c. we're also looking at sunshine throughout the southern plains. temperatures in the 50s in amarillo, also lubbock. oklahoma city and 54 in dallas. that's your monday forecast. coming up, we go behind the music for the 50th anniversary of "tuayig le.sard nhtiv" but first the eagles and chiefs

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breaking overnight. the country of colombia now agreeing to